DCLXVI

It all started with Revelation 13:18 in the Bible: "This calls for wisdom: let him who has understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number, its number is six hundred & sixty-six."

1664: New Amsterdam renamed NYC

1833: The 1st U.S. President to ride in a railroad car was Andrew Jackson. President Jackson boarded a B&O (Baltimore & Ohio) passenger train in Baltimore, MD.

1850: Levi Strauss made his 1st blue jeans

1872: Susan B. Anthony is fined for trying to vote

1921: Detroit Stars' Bill Gatewood pitches the 1st no-hitter in Negro League history, defeating the Cuban Stars 4-0

1925: Walter Percy Chrysler founded the Chrysler Corporation.

1933: The 1st drive-in movie theater opened in Camden, N.J.

1934: The Securities & Exchange Commission was established.

1941: Louis Chevrolet, the Swiss-born race driver who founded the American car company that bears his name, dies at Detroit, Michigan.

1942: 1st nylon parachute jump (Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray)

1942: Japanese forces retreated in the World War II Battle of Midway.

1944: D-Day: Operation Overlord lands 400,000 Allied American, British, & Canadian troops on the beaches of Normandy in German-occupied France.

1946: The Basketball Association of America, the forerunner of the National Basketball Association, is founded in New York City.

1946: 11 Basketball of America Assoc. teams meet to schedule 1st season

1955: Bill Haley & Comets', "Rock Around the Clock" hit #1 on Radio.

1960: Roy Orbison released "Only the Lonely" to Radio.

1962: The Beatles audition for EMI Records. Producer George Martin is unimpressed with the audition tapes, but later changes his mind after meeting the group. They record "Besame Mucho" with Peter Best on drums

1966: Stokely Carmichael launches "Black Power" movement

1966: Black activist James Meredith was shot & wounded as he walked along a Mississippi highway to encourage black voter registration.

1966: NFL & AFL announce their merger

1968: Sen. Robert F. Kennedy died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, a day after he was shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan.

1971: After 23 years on the air, CBS's Ed Sullivan Show airs its final episode.

1987: NY Yankees play their 13,000th game

1991: NBC announces Jay Leno will replace Johnny Carson on May 25, 1992

In Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, Chancellor Palpatine (aka. Darth Sidious) issues Order 66, an order to kill all the Jedi, to Clone Trooper Commanders across the Star Wars Galaxy. In the modern numerologic system (a=1..z=8), the numerical value of the word Order is 6. This makes 'Order 66' a symbolic equivalent of the number 666.

In the Squaresoft videogame Chrono Cross, the 1st time you control the character Lynx in his battle against Evil Serge & Kid, his life points are equal to 666.

Because the date for June 6, 2006 is abbreviated as 06/06/06 (or 6/6/6), it has attracted attention as a day that may have some connection to the Mark of the Beast. The date 06/06/06 happens every 100 years. Among the events scheduled for today: The Omen, a remake of the 1976 movie The Omen that deals with the birth of the Antichrist, opens; & the heavy metal band has Slayer Day.

Nevertheless, many are celebrating this day as The Day of the Beast. In Atlanta, Georgia, the Little 5 Points Rockstar Orchestra will perform *'666: a Tribute to the Devil & Heavy Metal, a dramatic rendition of Iron Maiden's Number of the Beast.' Also, the GNAA will be releasing the new version of their popular open source trolling utility Last Measure. The day has also been proclaimed as a holiday for fans of the metal genre, as the number 666 plays a prominent role in many metal bands & songs.

Born on June 6th:
John Trumbull (American soldier, diplomat, author, & painter)
Nathan Hale (American Revolutionary)
Levi Stubbs (The Four Tops)
Gary U.S. Bonds (Singer)
Tony Levin (King Crimson)
Robert Englund (Actor-Freddy Krueger)
Sandra Bernhard (Actress/Comedienne)
Björn Borg (Tennis Great)
Colin Quinn (Comedian)
Sean Yseult (White Zombie)
James "Munky" Shaffer (Korn)
Steve Vai (Musician)
Cam Neely (Hockey Player)
Paul Giamatti (Actor)
Sean Cram (Radio Host, "Shop & Talk," KRDE 94.1)

Deaths on June 6th:
Mark McManus (Actor)
Anne Bancroft (Actress)
Jean Paul Getty (American Industrialist/Getty Oil Company)